Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has defended David de Gea following the Spaniard's recent high-profile errors

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has defended David de Gea following the Spaniard’s recent high-profile errors

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford believes criticism of David de Gea shows just how good his Manchester United counterpart’s form has been this season.

De Gea has made errors in each of United’s past three games, including a 4-0 defeat to Pickford’s Everton at Goodison Park last weekend.

The Spaniard has been outstanding for each of the four seasons prior to this one, making the PFA Team of the Year on each occasion, but was unsurprisingly absent when this campaign’s XI was revealed on Thursday.